---
name: "probes::RemoteFPing.pm"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "smokeping"
version: "1.38-3"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/probes::RemoteFPing.pm"
---

# probes::RemoteFPing.pm(3)

Remote FPing Probe for SmokePing

## NAME

probes::RemoteFPing - Remote FPing Probe for SmokePing

## SYNOPSIS

```
 *** Probes ***
 + RemoteFPing
 binary = /usr/bin/ssh
 packetsize = 1024
 rhost = HostA.foobar.com
 ruser = foo
 rbinary = /usr/local/sbin/fping
```

```
 *** Targets ***
 + Targetname
 Probe = RemoteFPing
 Menu = menuname
 Title = Remote Fping from HostA to HostB
 Host = HostB.barfoo.com
```

## DESCRIPTION

Integrates the remote execution of FPing via ssh/rsh into smokeping. The variable **binary** must point to your copy of the ssh/rsh program.

## OPTIONS

The **binary** and **rhost** are mandatory. The **binary** option specifies the path of the remote shell program (usually ssh, rsh or remsh). Any other script or binary that can be called as

```
 binary [ -l ruser ] rhost rbinary
```

may be used.

The (optional) **packetsize** option lets you configure the packetsize for the pings sent.

The **rhost** option specifies the remote device from where fping will be launched.

The (optional) **ruser** option allows you to specify the remote user, if different from the one running the smokeping daemon.

The (optional) **rbinary** option allows you to specify the location of the remote fping binary. If not specified the probe will assume that fping is in the remote host's path.

## NOTES

It is important to make sure that you can access the remote machine without a password prompt, otherwise this probe will not work properly. To test just try something like this:

```
    $ ssh foo@HostA.foobar.com fping HostB.barfoo.com
```

The next thing you see must be fping's output.

The **rhost**, **ruser** and **rbinary** variables used to be configured in the PROBE\_CONF section of the first target or its parents They were moved to the Probes section, because the variables aren't really target-specific (all the targets are measured with the same parameters). The PROBE\_CONF sections aren't recognized anymore.

## AUTHOR

Luis F Balbinot \<hades@inf.ufrgs.br\>

based on probes::FPing by

Tobias Oetiker \<tobi@oetiker.ch\>